GRE Word List

CONCERTED

mutually contrived or agreed on

The meaning of the word concerted is mutually contrived or agreed on.

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WordMeaning
exclaimto cry out or speak in strong or sudden emotion
plagiarizeto steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source
incursiona hostile entrance into a territory : raid
hiatusa break in or as if in a material object : gap
maladroitlacking adroitness : inept
clamornoisy shouting
ballasta heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine)
retiringreserved
idioman expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way)
jovialcharacterized by good-humored cheerfulness and conviviality : jolly